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nasa.gov
Station Nation: Erin Edwards, Deputy Branch Chief for Crew Operations and Capsule Communicatorhttps://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/johnson/station-nation-erin-edwards-deputy-branch-chief-for-crew-operations-and-capsule-communicator/As a member of the Crew Operations Office, Erin Edwards and her team manage astronaut candidate training schedules, including field medical exercises, land survival, and underwater operations at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston. She also develops and tests new training programs to keep crews mission-ready. Along with her role as a crew operations officer, Edwards works in the […]
Feb 4, 2026 7:52 PM
github.com
Show HN: Small "AI slop" classifier running in a browser extensionhttps://github.com/distil-labs/distil-ai-slop-detectorWe used our distillation platform & a Kaggle dataset to produce a tiny (270M Gemma base) model to classify text into "AI slop"/not classes.It's fun to play with and was fun to build, too.Annoyingly formal, human-written text (e.g. an ML paper I wrote back in 2015) tends to get misclassified (try "Manipulated images lose believability if the user's edits fail to account for shadows. We propose a method that makes removal and editing of soft shadows easy. Soft shadows are ubiquitous, but remain notoriously difficult to extract and manipulate. We posit that soft shadows can be segmented, and therefore edited, by learning a mapping function for image patches that generates shadow mattes. We validate this premise by removing soft shadows from photographs with only a small amount of user input").
Feb 4, 2026 4:57 PM
spacedaily.com
Rock microbes reveal hidden groundwater carbon enginehttps://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Rock_microbes_reveal_hidden_groundwater_carbon_engine_999.htmlBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 03, 2026 Deep underground, microbial communities living on rock surfaces are emerging as powerful but largely overlooked drivers of groundwater chemistry and carbon storage. A team from the Cluster of Excellence Balance of the Microverse at Friedrich Schiller University Jena has now shown that these attached microbes follow fundamentally different strategies from free-floating cells in groundwater, with
Feb 4, 2026 3:53 PM
spacedaily.com
Experts warn of urgent need to address human reproduction risks in spacehttps://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Experts_warn_of_urgent_need_to_address_human_reproduction_risks_in_space_999.htmlLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 As commercial spaceflight moves closer to routine operations and missions extend in duration, a new expert report argues that reproductive health in space has shifted from a theoretical concern to an urgently practical issue. The authors warn that space is an environment fundamentally hostile to human biology, yet human activity beyond Earth is rapidly expanding without matching standards for ma
Feb 4, 2026 1:04 PM
spacedaily.com
ESA adjusts Cluster orbits for rare twin reentry campaignhttps://www.spacedaily.com/reports/ESA_adjusts_Cluster_orbits_for_rare_twin_reentry_campaign_999.htmlParis, France (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 When satellites fall back to Earth, most of their structure burns up in the atmosphere, but engineers still lack detailed data on how real spacecraft actually break apart during reentry and which components survive the plunge. To close this gap, the European Space Agency has retargeted the final orbits of its remaining two Cluster satellites so that both can be observed from an aircraft during t
Feb 4, 2026 1:04 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Show HN: WarpParse – Rust ETL engine 1.5–8x faster than Vectorhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46880903Hey HN, We’ve been working on WarpParse, an open-source (Apache 2.0) ETL engine built in Rust, and we’re excited to share it with you today. We built it because we found that existing tools often struggled with resource efficiency or configuration complexity when handling massive log volumes. WarpParse aims to solve this with: Performance: 1.5x to 8x higher throughput than Vector in our benchmarks. Efficiency: Uses ~1/3 the CPU and ~37% of the memory of Vector under similar loads. DSLs: We created WPL (Warp Parse Language) for strong-typed parsing and OML (Object Modeling Language) for declarative data enrichment with native SQL integration. We’ve also built a visual editor (WpEditor) to make rule-writing less of a headache. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the architecture, the DSL approach, or any feedback you have after checking out the repo. GitHub: https://github.com/wp-labs Editor: https://editor.warpparse.ai As a fledgling open-source project, we deeply recognize the power of
Feb 4, 2026 2:59 AM
spacepolicyonline.com
Final FY2026 Defense, FAA Bills Signed into Lawhttps://spacepolicyonline.com/news/final-fy2026-defense-faa-bills-signed-into-law/The FY2026 Defense and Transportation-HUD appropriations bills were signed into law today, ending a brief partial government shutdown that began Friday night. The Defense bill funds the U.S. Space Force, […]
Feb 4, 2026 12:29 AM
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Even as a fast dev, I wasn't fast enough for my ideas. Then came Vibe Codinghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46877447The Speed Trap of Modern DevI’ve always been a fast developer. I know my stack, I know my shortcuts. But there was still a painful latency between my mental architecture and the screen. My ideas always outpaced my output. No matter how fast I typed, the "Implementation Friction" was a tax on my creativity.The 10x Shift: Moving at the Speed of ThoughtVibe Coding didn't just make me "better" — it removed the mechanical bottleneck. I’m no longer translating thoughts into code; I’m describing the vibe of the system and watching it manifest.The Result: I’m building things alone that previously required a dedicated team or a month-long sprint.The High: The dopamine hit isn't just about "it works." It’s the rush of zero latency. It's the feeling of your brain being directly plugged into the compiler.The "Dark Side" of Hyper-FlowBut here’s the rub: When you remove the friction, you remove the "sanity check."The Addiction: The feedback loop is so fast that it becomes a slot machine. Each prompt
Feb 3, 2026 9:19 PM
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Show HN: OpenSymbolicAI – Agents with typed variables, not just context stuffinghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46876687Hi HN,We've spent the last year building AI agents and kept hitting the same wall: prompt engineering doesn't feel like software engineering. It feels like guessing.We built OpenSymbolicAI to turn agent development into actual programming. It is an open-source framework (MIT) that lets you build agents using typed primitives, explicit decompositions, and unit tests.THE MAIN PROBLEM: CONTEXT WINDOW ABUSEMost agent frameworks (like ReAct) force you to dump tool outputs back into the LLM's context window to decide the next step.Agent searches DB.Agent gets back 50kb of JSON.You paste that 50kb back into the prompt just to ask "What do I do next?"This is slow, expensive, and confuses the model.THE SOLUTION: DATA AS VARIABLESIn OpenSymbolicAI, the LLM generates a plan (code) that manipulates variables. The actual heavy data (search results, PDF contents, API payloads) is stored in the Python/runtime variables and is never passed through the LLM context until a specific primitive actually ne
Feb 3, 2026 8:19 PM
spacedaily.com
NASA books fifth Axiom private astronaut flight to space stationhttps://www.spacedaily.com/reports/NASA_books_fifth_Axiom_private_astronaut_flight_to_space_station_999.htmlLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2026 NASA has ordered a fifth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station from Axiom Space, targeting a launch no earlier than January 2027 from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The flight, designated Axiom Mission 5, continues the series of commercially sponsored crewed missions to the orbital laboratory under NASA's commercial space strategy. NASA Administrator J
Feb 3, 2026 4:52 AM
asktotle.com
Show HN: I turned my PDFs into audiobooks I can have conversations withhttps://asktotle.comHey HN,TLDR: Upload any document, get an audiobook with synced highlighting you can pause and talk to.I'm a self-taught dev (admittedly mediocre), currently between jobs and my brain is absolutely fried from social media. I can't read anymore. My eyes glaze over after two paragraphs.So I went down a rabbit hole looking for scientifically proven ways to actually focus while reading:- Encoding info visually AND aurally reduces mind wandering by up to 40% - Retrieval practice (asking questions) beats passive re-reading every time - Background music matched to content keeps you in flowCouldn't find anything that did all this. So I built it myself:- Synced text highlighting while you listen - Talk with your book; pause and ask "wait what does that mean?" and it knows exactly where you are (won't spoil what's ahead) - Adaptive background music that matches the mood of each pageI've removed all slop. No flashy features, no gamification etc. etc. Just reading on steroids for fried brains, like
Feb 2, 2026 11:49 AM
map-frame.com
Show HN: Map Frame – Custom map posters for $1 (not $50)https://www.map-frame.comI built Map Frame because I wanted a minimalist map poster of my hometown. Mapiful wanted $50 for a PNG. That felt absurd.So I made my own.How it works: - Search any location on Earth - Download 4K PNG (3600×4800px) - $1 per poster, first one freeTech: Next.js, OpenStreetMap data, custom rendering pipeline.No AI. No GPT. Just coordinates and clean design.Happy to answer questions about the build, pricing, or anything else.
Feb 2, 2026 9:25 AM
spacedaily.com
NASA and GE run hybrid jet engine test toward commercial flighthttps://www.spacedaily.com/reports/NASA_and_GE_run_hybrid_jet_engine_test_toward_commercial_flight_999.htmlLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 28, 2026 To an untrained eye, the aircraft engine sitting outside a Cincinnati area facility in December looked like standard hardware. For NASA and GE Aerospace researchers watching the unit fire up for a demonstration, it represented a hybrid engine performing at a level that could potentially power an airliner. The engine, tested at GE Aerospace's Peebles Test Operation site in Ohio, is a modifi
Jan 28, 2026 11:17 AM
esa.int
Watch live: Crew-12 news conferencehttps://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Watch_live_Crew-12_news_conferenceTune in on Friday, 30 January from 16:00 GMT/17:00 CET (11:00 EST) to watch the mission overview press conference, followed at 18:00 GMT/19:00 CET (13:00 EST) by the final press conference of the Crew-12 astronauts as they prepare to launch to the International Space Station for a nine-month mission — live on ESA Web TV.
Jan 28, 2026 6:45 AM
spacenews.com
Second Edition of Space Debris 2026 Conference Kicks Off with Participation from 75 Countrieshttps://spacenews.com/second-edition-of-space-debris-2026-conference-kicks-off-with-participation-from-75-countries/The second edition of the Space Debris 2026 Conference officially commenced today. Organized by the Saudi Space Agency (SSA), the conference is witnessing broad international participation representing 75 countries from […] The post Second Edition of Space Debris 2026 Conference Kicks Off with Participation from 75 Countries appeared first on SpaceNews.
Jan 27, 2026 9:08 PM
nasa.gov
NASA Technology Brings Golden Age of Exploration to Earthhttps://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-technology-brings-golden-age-of-exploration-to-earth/As NASA fosters technologies needed to live and work farther away from home than ever before, the agency’s Technology Transfer program has the sole mission of getting those innovations into the hands of companies, entrepreneurs, and, ultimately, everyday people. The agency’s Spinoff publication has captured this endeavor for half a century, sharing stories of space […]
Jan 26, 2026 6:42 PM
news.google.com
A look inside BYU’s unique experience design management coursehttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMimAFBVV95cUxNWUs2UWZqc0JHYlhsVm90eHREM2dNSkxkUEhiejFJSThOc0p5R1NaTHQtRXc2SDNxUWVHUFUyWmtUV0E4UEVYQXBSamZWX05id0E4VTQ2NkhZRTBXVWlKZC1nelJKYlYwSGkxSXgyanowUGs5WTVpWFN1NjRfRzRFU3ZYY0xjRE1IT3BXY2E0b01WUFZqWU1rdQ?oc=5A look inside BYU’s unique experience design management course  BYU Daily Universe
Jan 26, 2026 8:00 AM
noriskillsets.dev
Show HN: A registry for curated, high quality Claude skills and skillsetshttps://noriskillsets.dev/Hi Hacker News!I’m Ritam, working with the small but mighty team at Nori. We’ve been obsessed in recent months with how to take tools like Claude Code from “I’ll experiment around with this” to “This is the most useful and necessary thing I use every day”. When I first sat down with our team to check out what they’d built, I found my skepticism about agentic coding melting away—they’d built useful, high quality, handwritten skills, instructions that functioned as “skillsets” to tie skills together for consistent and replicable results, and tooling to manage loading the right context for the right task into the agent.In recent weeks, the conversation around skills has reached a fever pitch, as have lists and sites full of skills scraped from all over the internet. Much like the actual gold rush, the current state of those collections requires a lot of time and sifting to find small, real chunks of 24k skills hidden amongst the muck (or to use a more relevant word, slop). So at Nori, we
Jan 22, 2026 5:00 PM